Staff writers
9:52 AM
Our crack (pot) panel runs the rule over a weird round in which a bookie paid out on a Hawks team that then lost to Richmond, the Eagles blew a golden chance against the bottom-feeding Suns and the once high-flying Collingwood dropped all the way to 11th with a sixth straight loss.

Rohan Connolly11:33 PM
Hawthorn may be sentenced to a final Perth should it lose to West Coast this week. But this week's road trip to the same destination could prove a very useful learning aid for the Hawks. It has with spectacular results before.

Michael Gleeson10:45 PM
West Coast vice-captain Scott Selwood was far from making a decision on a possible move to Geelong, his manager angrily rejecting claims he had already decided to quit the Eagles.

Brad Elborough9:39 PM
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon doesn't think its a good look for the game when his opposition number Leon Cameron left his box during a quarter play to discuss umpiring decisions with the fourth official.

Matt Murnane
8:43 PM
Essendon coach James Hird says he was as shocked as anyone by his team's lack of competitiveness against the Western Bulldogs in an 87-point loss that will again prompt serious questions about the club's direction under his leadership.

Tom Decent6:41 PM
Sydney forward Kurt Tippett said the hairs on the back of his neck stood up when he heard the roar of the 38,690-strong crowd in the third quarter against Adelaide Crows at the SCG on Saturday evening and was confident he and his teammates made Adam Goodes proud after their dominant performance.

Michael Gleeson3:44 PM
Collingwood made a costly mistake in dropping out-of-form forward Jesse White for what turned out to be a horror loss to Melbourne according to Essendon goalkicker Matthew Lloyd.

Brent Diamond
1:07 PM
Hawthorn could opt to add more speed to its midfield with Jono O'Rourke and Jed Anderson pressing for a senior recall ahead of its blockbuster clash against West Coast on Saturday night at Domain Stadium.

Brent Diamond
12:44 PM
Tom Wallis, the son of two time Essendon premiership player Dean, is the latest father-son prospect to be blooded for the Bombers in the VFL in Sunday's blockbuster clash against Footscray at Whitten Oval.

Jim Pavlidis
It may be difficult to believe given recent events, but it was the Greeks who first articulated the concept of 'Unspeakable Truth' – that some truths are irrefutable and need no explanation.

Andrew Stafford
West Coast coach Adam Simpson was straight to the point. "We're not happy," he said after his side had been held to an unlikely draw by the Gold Coast Suns, whom he wasted no time in praising.

The hardest times have come when he has been sitting at home alone or trying to get to sleep at night, with nothing to do but think. Travis Boak has scrolled through his phone a few times in the past few days, looking back over the text message conversations he and his old coach had.

There is no road map for tragedy on this scale. As one AFL club staffer said, all manner of scarcely imaginable scenarios are contemplated and planned for in AFL backrooms, but a coach dying from stab wounds in the middle of the night has never been one of them.